The stars began to fall, the ground shook, and some of the unsteady gnolls fell to the ground, struggling to get up.

This continued until all the bullets hit the ground, and the smoke cleared, revealing the shattered ground, the snow on which was gone, replaced by a dark red flow of magma, and the smell of burnt air filled the air.

Unfortunately, it seems that a magnificent attack did not yield any results, and the giants had moved before the stone projectiles fell from the sky, and they were now about five hundred meters away from the area, raising their heads and mouths and letting out ugly laughs.

No matter how powerful the attack is, as long as it fails to successfully hit the target, then it has no meaning.

It is a very wrong perception that the giants who are favored by the earth should not think that they move very slowly just because they have tall bodies.

The giants' tall stature made them leap very wide with each step, and when they ran, they were also very fast, especially in such an unobstructed plain area.

Before the eyes of the Scandinavians, these tall men showed their terrifying speed, they were still in place when the projectiles were fired from the ballistas and catapults, and when they were about to hit the ground, they were somewhere else.

At the same time, the giants, who had escaped the attack, began to bend down and pick up stone bullets about the size of their heads from the ground, puffing out their arm muscles, aiming at the places where the catapults and ballistas were, and preparing to throw them vigorously and counterattack.

It seems that these giants are not in a hurry to break through the city, they are very conservative and very effective, and they fully play to their advantages to attack the shortcomings of the Scandinavians.

Very sensible, very sophisticated, it is hard to believe that the guys who fought so well are actually those savage, bloody, primitive giants, and it is hard to believe that the Scandinavians led by Siegmund were simply suppressed by a group of giants.

Although the giants are much stronger than the Scandinavians in all aspects, being suppressed is being suppressed, and no matter how many words are used, it cannot change the fact that the Scandinavians are like defenseless children, bullied by the giants, but it is difficult to carry out effective counterattacks.

It's time to fight back, it's time to fight back, it's time to fight back

A flame of anger burned in his mind, and the flame was so strong that the heat burning inside wanted to burn the giants reflected in his pupils.

However, the reality is that the situation will not change because of these hearts, and there is an insurmountable gap between Upland and the Atila army, and as long as the other side does not make some stupid mistakes, then the outcome of this war will not change much.

Now there is no other way than to hope that their next attack will attack those giants, and hope that their prediction can hit and interrupt the rhythm of the opponent's attack.

Count on the elves? Let them attack these giants with enchanted arrows, and with their archery skills, it will not be difficult to hit the weak points of these giants.

That was of course impossible, as early as the first moment the giants appeared in front of them, the elves descended from the tower, left the walls, and hid in a place where they would not be affected by the giants' attacks.

Siegmund didn't have a good way, after all, in this war now, the elves' exquisite and accurate archery skills play an irreplaceable important role, and it's not impossible to force them to go out, but to use elves against giants, if the giants use boulders to take their lives and cause losses, it will really outweigh the losses.

Although it is said that if these elves die in this war, it is an excellent thing for the Scandinavian Empire, while transferring the hatred of the elves to the Attella army, it also weakens the power of the elves, and facilitates the absorption, integration and conquest of the elves by the Scandinavians.

However, at this stage, these elves, who are still alive, are much more valuable than those who are dead, and when facing those giants, even if the elves use powerful arrows, even if such arrows hit those giants, it is still very difficult to break through the opponent's defenses and really kill their lives。

The powerful body gives the giants not only terrifying attack power and strength, but also unimaginable vitality, the elves can kill a small group of gnolls in a single blow, and the attack of the giants falls on the giants, even their skin cannot be broken.

Well, the bed crossbow is indeed able to penetrate the tough skin of the giants, and if it hits their hearts, it can also get a one-hit kill, but it is a pity that the target of the bed crossbow can only be accurate when it is close, with the current distance between the bed crossbow and the giant, unless it is the favor of the goddess of luck, otherwise in such a snowstorm, it is impossible to hit.

However, if you can get those casters to cast magic such as [Hundred Shots and Hundred Hits] [Lucky Magic] on the warriors who wield catapults and ballistas, it is also very likely to achieve certain results.

In addition to these very unlikely counterattacks, it seems that there is really no way to solve such a dilemma in front of him, except for letting Siegmund make a move, if he uses the trick of splitting the legendary magic yesterday, Siegmund believes that even if he can't solve the giant army, he can still make them unable to participate in this battle for a short time.

At least in terms of morale, the defenders of Upland can see that if they hold on, there is still hope for victory.

If he could, Siegmund was willing to create such a hope, hoping to create a possibility among the Scandinavians that as long as he stood on the walls, the Athila army would not be able to break through the city of Uppland.

However, Siegmund could not do that, even if it was the most effective and simplest, and he could not do it, and when he came to the wall, he already felt a look from the side of the Atila army.

Plague, famine, or Attila

Siegmund didn't know who the owner of this gaze was, but there were only three people in the Atilla army who could make him feel threatened.

According to Siegmund that the giants struck the next day, on the one hand, there must have been a reason why their fire had stopped the attack of the gnolls, burned the stairs that had taken the wall, and made the gnolls and centaurs retreat, and on the other hand, there must have been a reason to lure him to attack.

"It's really bait that has to be swallowed, I didn't expect that I, Siegmund, would one day become a fish in the winter lake. ”

In the winter, in the frozen lake, after opening a hole with a tool, and throwing some bait into it, you can easily attract those fish who are very hungry because of the scarcity of food in winter.

Although they also know that this bait is a trap, they will also go around and swallow it in order to fill their stomachs and relieve their hunger.

"But, Attila, you are wrong about one thing, you are not facing the Scandinavian Empire, and it is not just us who hates you, fears you, and hates you, nor is we alone. ”

Listening to the familiar voice that only he could hear, Zygmund rarely had a relaxed expression on his face, and with his words, a meteor shower of stone projectiles appeared in the sky, falling towards the place where the giants were.

This time, the giants didn't completely avoid it, not that they couldn't leave, but they didn't expect the Scandinavians to attack so quickly.

After the smoke passed, several of the slower giants fell to the ground, but judging by their still heaving chests, they were still not dead.

The fleeing giants quickly carried the wounded on their shoulders and brought them back to the back to find the casters or healers for healing, because the shamans in their tribe who could perform magic and the healers who could heal were all gathered together.

After the wounded were far away, the giants turned their heads to look in the direction of Upland City, and at this time there was no slightest contempt in their eyes, and they were able to complete the launch in such a short time, and accurately cover the place where they were, which could already show that the threat of the other party's attack to them was no longer on paper.

Without the slightest hesitation, the giants changed places once more, condensing the stone balls they were throwing from the ground as they moved.

Being pressed and beaten has never been the style of giants, and giants are more accustomed to nipped threats in the bud than dodging each other's attacks and saving themselves, and solving them before they can actually become threats.

They had already observed that the attack that had hurt them just now was not launched from the city walls, but from behind the city walls, in the places protected by the city walls, and they were able to hit them by projectiles.

If they were allowed to hit the target accurately by crossing such a tall wall with a projectile, they would not be able to do it, and there would be no way to do it, so they would not be able to use the projectile to attack the enemy hiding behind the wall, unless they destroyed the wall first, exposing the enemy to their field of vision, and putting them in a straight line that could intersect with the enemy without obstruction.

However, it doesn't matter much, they can't attack the enemies behind the walls, they can still attack the guys on the walls, and the catapults and ballistas fixed to the walls can also damage them, and knocking them out can also accomplish their goals.

"Good, nice. ”

Siegmund said to a dwarf who was only as tall as his chest, the leader of the dwarven clan in Uppland, whose mission was to use the available materials to build more defensive equipment, so that more warriors could learn how to operate it, and pass on their experience.

The attack just now is the work of the dwarves, a catapult that can be projectile and has a decent hit rate after a long period of research by the dwarves.

The projectile ensures that these catapults can attack in a safer place, and the stone projectiles they fire can hit farther and exert more power under the effect of gravitational acceleration.

Perhaps in siege warfare, such catapults are inferior to ordinary catapults in terms of damage to the city walls, but when engaged in defensive warfare, they can attack while ensuring their own safety.

After all, only equipment that can survive on the battlefield can deal damage, as the saying goes, "Only a living genius is a true genius."

Soon after the projectile hit the giant in the distance, the catapults and ballistas on the city wall also adjusted their angles and let out an angry roar in the direction of the giant's movement.

The first zero hit had already shown that attacking the giant as an immobile target would not achieve any results, so in the second time the angle was adjusted, the Scandinavians adjusted accordingly.

What's more, the attack of the ballista and catapult has changed, instead of shooting a salvo of all the people together, but is divided into three parts, while one part of the catapult and ballista are firing, the other two parts of the ballista and catapult are loading ammunition and checking the trajectory of the shot.

Although the density and power of such attacks have decreased a lot, the increase in frequency can force those giants to stop their movements and keep moving to avoid the opponent's attacks.

Giants are different from dragons, and the giants who are based on families and clans cherish their compatriots very much, coupled with the sparse population of giants and the problem of fertility, each giant is very valuing the lives of their companions.

Therefore, rather than killing more enemies on the battlefield, breaking through the enemy's walls, and winning the war, the giants' first consideration is how to save their lives under the attack of the Scandinavians.

After being broken by the wave of catapults, the giants had no way to control the battlefield in a short period of time, and now the situation has entered a stalemate again, and the two sides are like those spellcasters, holding each other back.

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